| The first excerpt represents the past or something you must release, and is drawn from Study of a Woman by Honore de Balzac: evening.
Four days later Eugene was scolding his valet.
"Ah ca! Joseph; I shall soon have to send you away, my lad."
"What is it, monsieur?"
"You do nothing but make mistakes. Where did you carry those letters I
gave you Saturday?"
Joseph became stolid. Like a statue in some cathedral porch, he stood
motionless, entirely absorbed in the labors of imagination. Suddenly
he smiled idiotically, and said:--
"Monsieur, one was for the Marquise de Listomere, the other was for
Monsieur's lawyer."
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The second excerpt represents the present or the deciding factor of the moment, and is drawn from The American by Henry James: She is too young to see such naughtiness!" and she instantly
resumed her walk.
"You had much better listen to me," Newman went on.
"Whether you do or not, things will be disagreeable for you;
but at any rate you will be prepared."
"We have already heard something of your threats," said the marquis,
"and you know what we think of them."
"You think a good deal more than you admit. A moment,"
Newman added in reply to an exclamation of the old lady.
"I remember perfectly that we are in a public place, and you see I am
very quiet. I am not going to tell your secret to the passers-by;
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The third excerpt represents the future or something you must embrace, and is drawn from The Duchess of Padua by Oscar Wilde: The day I saw him first.
MORANZONE
It was not yet time;
Now it is time, and, like some green-faced girl,
Thou pratest of forgiveness.
GUIDO
No! revenge:
The right revenge my father's son should take.
MORANZONE
You are a coward,
Take out the knife, get to the Duke's chamber,
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